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Roger Rabbit
07-14-2004, 03:50 PM
Rifles stolen from Army barracks

The weapons were stolen from the armoury
Investigations are taking place into the suspected theft of four rifles from an Army barracks.

The guns, which the Army confirmed as SA80 light support weapons, went missing from Catterick Garrison in North Yorkshire on Monday 12 July.

Royal Military Police officers barred soldiers from leaving the base for 24 hours while a search took place.

The guns, which belonged to the 1st Battalion, the King's Regiment, have an effective range of 1km.

An Army spokeswoman said: "We can confirm the disappearance of four weapons from the armoury at the home of the 1st Battalion, the King's Regiment.

"It is being investigated by the Royal Military Police."

Source: BBC

fantassin
07-14-2004, 03:57 PM
The King's Regiment....surprise, surprise....has to be the Brit regiment with the reputation of having the worst behaved squaddies in the British Army...

Something to do with recruiting Scousers ?

FallenAngel
07-14-2004, 06:29 PM
pst....

About two years ago, the FBI in the US did an inventory and found something like 500 service pistols (mostly Glocks) were unaccounted for which had been in the inventory at least one point in the past decade.

FallenAngel
07-14-2004, 06:57 PM
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